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By last fall, the pandemic's brutal toll on youth mental health had become clear.
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This project was produced by Dan Levin as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 National Fellowship.
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Underserved youth and the adults who care for them are wrestling with systemic inequities compounded by the coronavirus.